South Morang resident Trevor Alan Carroll was also awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his work with people with disabilities.
Mr Carroll has been chief executive of Disability Justice Australia since 2009, was a founding member of Victoria Police Disability Portfolio Reference Group in 2014 and has been chairperson of Disabled People’s International in the Asia Pacific region.
“It is a wonderful honour to be nominated, but it’s an even bigger privilege to be judged worthy to receive the Medal of the Order of Australia. I feel very humbled to be recognised in this way,“ Mr Carroll said.
Also honoured were Thomastown couple Beryl and Lindsay Patullo.
Mrs Patullo has fulfilled a number of community roles with the Whittlesea Historical Society, Aurora Support Services and and Whittlesea Neighbourhood Watch.
Her husband, Lindsay Patullo joins her on the list of OAM recipients for his work at Aurora Support Services.
